Police have released this picture of the damage caused after thieves stole a farm cherry-picker machine and used it to rip a cash machine out of the wall at a filling station in the heart of rural Devon.

The green Merlo telehandler, stolen from a nearby farm, can be seen on the forecourt alongside the large pieces of concrete wall and metal poles left behind at Totnes Cross Filling Station near Halwell in the South Hams.

The filling station (Image: Google)

Police have appealed for witnesses after the raid early on Monday morning.

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A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said officers had been alerted at around 4.20am on Monday August 21. He said the offenders had made off with the cash machine containing an unspecified amount of cash, and had demolished part of the building.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101@dc.police.uk or by calling 101 quoting log number 0105 210817.